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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Avon and Somerset police chief admits force is institutionally racist

Avon and Somerset police sign
Crew said she was not labelling everyone who worked for the force racist. Photograph: Christopher Jones/Alamy

The chief constable of Avon and Somerset police has admitted her force is “institutionally racist” and “likely” to be treating LGBTQ+ people, women and disabled people unfairly.

Sarah Crew said she was determined to fight an unjust system and would “root out” officers proved to be racist or behaving in a discriminatory way, and said she was not motivated by “wokeism or political correctness” but by “common sense”.

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